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Chatsworth, California
LA-88 Nike Missile Site
Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.
34.3097, -118.6082
Macdoel, California
Juniper Lodge Motel
This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.
41.8268, -122.0053
Pasadena, California
The Old YWCA Building
A landmark for a trailblazer for female architects and the designer of one of the most famous and opulent buildings in California.
34.1471, -118.1454
Lake Elsinore, California
Elsinore Naval and Military School
This stately structure has been abandoned for half a century.
33.6576, -117.3733
Richmond, California
Winehaven
Once the largest winery in the world, this castle-like building now sits abandoned on the San Pablo/San Francisco Bay shore.
37.9514, -122.4166
Calipatria, California
Slab City
This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.
33.2589, -115.4664
Alameda, California
Naval Air Station Alameda
A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.
37.7824, -122.2978
Ludlow, California
Ludlow
One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
34.7211, -116.1600
Beveren, Belgium
The Doomed City of Doel
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
51.3116, 4.2629
Los Angeles, California
Tempest Freerunning Academy
An academy where anyone can train in the exciting acrobatic sports of parkour and freerunning.
34.2389, -118.5693
New Orleans, Louisiana
Abandoned Jazzland
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
30.0531, -89.9340
Los Angeles, California
Gower Gulch
The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.
34.0974, -118.3231
Los Angeles, California
LAX Theme Building
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
33.9441, -118.4024
Los Angeles, California
The Bonaventure Hotel
The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
34.0526, -118.2560
Los Angeles, California
APEX Electronics
This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.
34.2304, -118.3847
Charleroi, Belgium
Power Plant IM
The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.
50.3948, 4.3815
Schiphol, Netherlands
Schiphol Clock
It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.
52.3082, 4.7857
San Francisco, California
Hunter's Point Shipyard
Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.
37.7208, -122.3671
Tallinn, Estonia
Linnahall
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
59.4467, 24.7535
Helsinki, Finland
Kamppi Chapel
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
60.1694, 24.9360
Helsinki, Finland
Sibelius Monument
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
60.1821, 24.9134
Helsinki, Finland
Temppeliaukio Church
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
60.1730, 24.9250
Oro Grande, California
Elmer Long's Bottle Tree Ranch
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
34.6903, -117.3394
Los Angeles, California
Touch of Venice Mural
A black and white mural stands out from its psychedelic surroundings.
33.9874, -118.4733
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